In the 1990s a small yet very influential study showed that listening to classical music, and in particular Mozart, improved test performance in college students -thus Mozart must make you smarter!

在20世纪90年代一个很小但却非常有影响力的研究表明，听古典音乐，尤其是莫扎特古典乐，能提高大学生的考试成绩表现，因此得出的结论就是(后来就开始疯传起来)：莫扎特音乐，成就你更聪明的头脑！

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We aren't talking here about the "Mozart effect," the claim that listening to classical music can improve people's performance on tests.

我们这里讨论的不是“莫扎特效应”，该效应声称聆听古典音乐可以提高人们在测试中的表现。

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Before each performance, Beth listens to classical music to psych herself up for the concert.

每次音乐会表演之前，贝丝听古典音乐来使自己进入状态。

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Paul, Minnesota, presents a diverse array of musical offerings, from pop and folk to award-winning classical music programs such as ' Performance Today' and ' Pipedreams.

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And she has used them in her own research on the racial desegregation of classical music performance, searching concert programs from the 1940s and '50s to find African-American soloists, the repertoire they were hired to perform and the white musicians they played alongside.

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At the time of Gould's American debut in January 1955, the "Goldberg Variations" were mainly known to musicologists. (Gould too was unknown to American audiences.) But the 22-year-old Canadian pianist s performance was so energetic and captivating that he became a classical music superstar.

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